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Some areas in Region Six flooded

Dec 22, 2008 News

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Over the weekend, some sections of East Berbice /Corentyne were under flood waters. Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha said that the Central Corentyne areas were mostly affected.

Figures for Saturday show that 110.4 millimetres of rainfall was recorded at Albion, 74.4 at New Amsterdam, 160 at Port Mourant, and 119 at Whim.

The Albion/Port Mourant area was flooded. Block Four, Tain, John’s, Miss Phoebe and Hampshire were all severely affected.

According to Mr. Mustapha, there was close to five inches of water in some yards. At Swamp Section, Rose Hall Town, it was five inches as well.

The entire situation, Mustapha claimed, is not due to a poor drainage and irrigation system, but the amount of rainfall recorded. He said that the structures are all in place and hydro-flow pumps are in operation at Rose Hall Town.

Albion and Port Mourant depend on the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s drainage pumps. These pumps were put in operation and, by Saturday afternoon, some areas were drained.

On Sunday, some sections of Rose Hall Town were still under water because the main canals were all full. The situation was expected to be remedied by Sunday evening. “What we found alarming is the amount of plastic receptacles thrown in the system, thus resulting in the blockage of the internal system.”

Drainage and irrigation workers had to be deployed to clear out the entire system and make way for the water to flow from the internal drainage system to the main canals.

A breach was also discovered at Miss Phoebe, and this contributed to the excess water from the swampland getting into the housing area. The Guyana Sugar Corporation also had a breach at Tain, and water got into the housing area at Block Four. Both breaches have been sealed and the Regional Administration is focusing its attention on draining the housing area.

Meanwhile, the Regional Chairman said that there were reports of high water in canals and main drains at all 16 of the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils in East Berbice /Corentyne.

Number Forty-Seven Village was one of the areas affected, especially in low-lying sections.
“No homes were flooded, just high water in the canals. At Black Bush Polder, East Canje, Number Nineteen, Upper Corentyne, New Amsterdam and the East Bank of Berbice it was okay. West Canje had high water, but no reports of flooding.”

A team was dispatched to the West Canje area, but the findings were not readily available.
On Sunday, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud travelled to East Berbice to observe the situation there.

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